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DONALD ALBERT KASKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1944 – December 18, 1968
Service recordDonald Albert Kaski, of Fortuna, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Fortuna, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 40
- JOHN JOSEPH GOTT JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 18, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOVISPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
- BENJAMIN CARLTON LARABEESergeant · December 18, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH METCALF JRCorporal · December 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL JOSEPH METCALF JRCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 40
From Fortuna
- GEORGE KENNETH COOKSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLAN LILLUNDMajor · October 4, 1967
- DUANE ROSS DAVISPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- PHILIP DEAN SHARPCaptain · May 23, 1971
- CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLINGSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.